Sunday, November 27, 2011

Are you Waiting?

My plan is to weigh less on Jan 1. About 5 to 10 pounds less. With my half marathon at the end of Jan, I better be 5 pounds less by Jan 1.

I feel the holidays are not an excuse to eat without control. If you make the holidays an excuse you can always find excuses in everything. Life is full of excuses so make eating healthy and exercising a regular part of your life. On the other hand I am not opposed to a slice of pie, etc. Just be sensible and don’t overdo. It is easy to spiral out of control. Which is where I have been for a few months.

For me the mind set of, oh I‘ll restart tomorrow, Monday, next month……. doesn’t work for me. It just gives me another excuse to eat crap and feel crappy. Problem is I have been in this mindset for quite a few months. I know it’s the wrong place to be.

Why does food have to be the thing to make a holiday enjoyable?

Maybe my life makes the holidays easier. Closest family member is 350 miles and the rest are at least 2000 miles away. I have no job so less parties, less food situations to deal with. With hubby's job there is no holiday functions. Almost none of my friends have social parties, etc. We might have a small gathering or 2 but no big social events as of yet. As of right now the only commitment I have that is holiday related is PTA dinner out and my parents will be visiting for Christmas. The other stuff – book clubs, mom’s nights out (MNO), “Buy Stuff” social – i.e. I will be attending a Tastefully Simple party next week, birthday parties, etc – This is life, this is normal, this is my regular “deal with” stuff.

4 comments:

Agree! Agree!! Agree!!! I am NOT waiting. While, yea, I'm going to allow myself to eat a little bit of pineapple stuffing on Christmas Day, I'm not going to just eat everything in sight "just because it's the holidays." I don't want to feel entitled to overeating. Hellz no. I'm not waiting until January 1st. I want it NOW. :)

Before my journey I always used the excuse I will start next week...next Monday...next month....Jan 1st. What I've learned in the last 17 months is that is complete bullshit excuse the language. We don't get "do overs" or "start over'ers" in this journey, yes your gonna have off days or even off weeks, it happens, keep pushing forward and keep working at what you know you have to do, it's a learning process through out the way. I have learned in the last 17 months holidays don't give me the right to hog out and go buck wild either, I can still enjoy all the good foods but in moderation and it's not gonna kill me. My relationship with food has changed a TON!

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What does FIT mean to me. It encompasses my life. Its about balance. Its about exercise being a regular part of my day, like getting dressed. It's a state of mind where food has no control. Urges, binges and out of control eating never happen. A place where life is at an even pace even during chaos.

This is my sounding board for my journey to find the fit girl within. I know she's in there somewhere. I am 40, married with 2 beautiful, crazy, insane, fun boys - a 9 year old and a 4 year old. I stay at home to run my house and raise my boys and volunteer all over time. My highest weight (not pregnant) is 232 (in 2007). It might have been higher at some point but that's is the highest recorded I know of.

I have been writing here for sometime. I have had a roller coaster of a journey and as many failures as successes. I reached my lowest of 185 in about April 2011. It's now 2013 and in the summer I've topped out at about 225. I am working an me and bringing the fit girl back in my daily life.